| George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...communion with God, than in days and months of sinful indulgence. We can say with David, ': A day in thy courts is better than a thousand ; I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness." A good hope through grace, a knowledge... | |
| Charles Buck - 1808 - 332 pages
...of Hosts ! Blessed are they that dwell in thy house ; they will be still praising thee. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand : I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." Ps. xxvii. 4. xxxiv. 4. 11. Here it... | |
| 1808 - 502 pages
...Sion. O Lord, the God of hosts, hear my prayer ; hearken 10 on the face of thine Anointed. Because one day in thy courts is better than a thousand ; I had rather be in an abject state in 11 the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners. Because the Lord loveth... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 554 pages
...sometimes has in God, he prefers far before all the pleasures of sin, Psalm Ixxxiv. 10. " A day in thy courts is better than a thousand : I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." A saint thus prefers God before all things... | |
| John Pawson - 1809 - 434 pages
...in their own minds. He expresses the highest regard for the worship of God, when he says, " A day in thy courts is better than a thousand: I had rather be a door-keeper," or I had rather sit. upon the door threshold, I had rather sit in the lowest' place, or be employed... | |
| 1810 - 724 pages
...testimony in Hammersmith. In the morning he addressed his auditory from Psalm 84, 10. " For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." In the afternoon his discourse was... | |
| 1810 - 724 pages
...testimony in Hammersmith. In the morning he addressed his auditory from Psalm 84, 10. "For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." In the afternoon his discourse was... | |
| Robert Traill - 1810 - 600 pages
...xxvii. 4. and when they obtain communion with him, they all say as one did, Psal. Ixxxiv. 10. A day in thy courts is better than a thousand : I had rather be a door-keeper in the home of niy God, than to dwell in the tents of -wickedness. He was a great man, and a great saint,... | |
| Henry Venn - 1811 - 464 pages
...esteemed, and the use of them much enjoyed. '' How I love thy law ! it is my meditation all the day. One day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of ungodliness." How beneficial to the souls of men their... | |
| William Giles - 1811 - 268 pages
...tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord — For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.' But should it be otherwise; should he... | |
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